Virtualization for Cisco SocialMiner

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Product documentation may reflect varying names that appear in the application user interfaces and application programming interfaces of this product. These names may include Cisco SocialMiner, mmca, and ccp.

Information for Partners about SocialMiner Deployments

VM-Specific SocialMiner Hardware Requirements

Before you install the SocialMiner software in any server, you must address the following requirements:

No other Cisco product can be installed on the same VM running SocialMiner.

The VM disk allocation time depends on your VM environment. If you have created several VMs on the host server, your disk allocation takes a longer time. If you have not created any VM in your host server, your disk allocation takes a shorter time. During the course of testing in various environments at Cisco Systems, disk allocation has taken anywhere from 2 minutes to 2 hours for a 34 GB data space. Depending on your space requirement, be sure to make this empty space available for all SocialMiner deployments

If you are performing a fresh install of SocialMiner in any deployment, be sure to verify that the virtual machine is also fresh (no previously-installed OS is present in the VM).

Cisco SocialMiner-Specific VM Information on Installation, Timekeeping, and Best Practices

Creating the SocialMiner Virtual Machine

Perform the following steps in vSphere client to deploy the Virtual machines:

Highlight the host or cluster to which you wish the VM to be deployed.

Select File > Deploy OVF Template.

Click the Deploy from File radio button and specify the name and location of the file you downloaded in the previous section OR click the Deploy from URL radio button and specify the complete URL in the field, then click Next.

Enter the name of the VM machine that you are creating and the location where it will be created

Choose the type of deployment (Production or Lab)

Choose the datastore on which you would like the VM to reside - be sure there is sufficient free space to accommodate the new VM, then click Next.

Verify the deployment settings, then click Finish.

Update boot order as per instructions below

Insert SocialMiner disk and follow SocialMiner installation guide.

Changing the Boot Order of the Virtual Machine

You must change the boot order of the Virtual Machine so that the system boots off the CD/DVD drive for the install.

To change the boot order of the Virtual Machine:

In VMware vSphere Client, power off the virtual machine onto which you deployed the OVA template.

In the left pane of vSphere Client, right-click the name of the virtual machine, and select Edit Settings.

In the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box, select the Options tab.

In the Settings column, under Advanced, select Boot Options.

Under Force BIOS Setup, check the The Next Time the Virtual Machine Boots, Force Entry into the BIOS Setup Screen check box.

Click OK to close the Virtual Machine Properties dialog box.

Power on the virtual machine (The virtual machine boots into the BIOS menu)

Navigate to the Boot menu and change the boot device order so the CD-ROM device is listed first and the Hard Drive device is listed second.